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Thief Rips Off Good Samaritan In Everett

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 25: Travelers join the rush to get away on the eve of Thanksgiving on November 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. A survey of 1,350 American households by the AAA projects that 38.4 million people in the US will travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, up from 37.8 million travelers last year. Most, about 33.2 million, will travel by car while air travelers are expected to decline to 2.3 million from 2.5 million in 2008.

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MARYSVILLE, Wash. (CBS Seattle / AP) — Peggy Ray didn’t think twice when she stopped her car and ran to help victims of an accident on Interstate 5 in Everett.

She crawled through a broken window Saturday and helped stabilize a bleeding driver and his passenger until an emergency crew arrived to rescue the people trapped in the partially submerged car.

But Ray told KOMO-TV (http://bit.ly/ZBPOg3 ) that when she returned to her vehicle, $900 had been taken from her purse. It represented two weeks’ work for the Marysville barista who supports six teenage kids.

Ray says someone else who pulled over at the accident scene likely took the money from her purse.

Washington state troopers are investigating and hope a tip might lead to an arrest.